Packing and display box for stationery.



No. 704.708. Patented IuIy I5, I902 W'. A. PIKE.

PACKING AIIIDV DISPLAY BOX EDR STATIONERY.

(Application filed May 23, 1901.. 1

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. PIKE, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TOA EATON-I-IURLBUT PAPER COMPANY, 0F PORTLAND, MAINE, AND PITTSFIELD,MASSACHUSETTS, Ar` CORPORATION OEMAINE. 1 Y

PACKING IA'NYDDlSPL'AYBOX FOR STATIONERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No."704,708, dated July 15,1902.

Application filed May 23, 1901. SerlalNo. 61,527. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM A. PIKE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Pittstield,in the county of Berkshire and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain neW and useful Improvement-sinPacking and Display Boxes for Stationery, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the artcan make and use the same.

My invention relates to the class of devices used for packing anddisplaying goods Lor wares, and especially for displaying stationery;and the object of my invention is to provide a box or case of this kindin which the goods may be attractively displayedand one in which theywill show to the best advantage. A form of box in the use of which theseobjects may be attained is illustrated in the acprovided with means, asa flexible attach-L ment b', for holding-the cover in a raised position.

TheY boxis divided'into a number of compartments o, the division-Wallsc', forming the compartments, extending from side to side across thebox, and the side Walls of each compartment being raised above the sideWalls of in order that the proper amount of .note-paper placed in eachof the end compartments shall appear at the top of the compartmenttillingepieces d are located in the bottom of the'compartment.

The box When closed is `of regular dimensions as to length, breadth, andthickness, and in order to prevent the contents from be ing displacedfilling-pieces e are placed on top of the contents j", each llingpiecebeing of a thickness to extend from the contents to the inner surface ofthe cover of vthe box when closed.

Itis obvious that a variation in the depth and arrangement of thecompartments herein shown may be departed from Without extendingYoutside the limits of the invention, and I do not desire to limitmyself to the exact structure herein shown and described.

What'lclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As an improved articleof manufacture a display-box for stationerydivided into a plural number of compartments, each compartment beinglessin height,measuring from the bottom, than the one back of it,fillingpieces forming the bottom of certain of the compartments andfilling-pieces for the tops of certain ofthe' compartments arranged,when in place, with their tops in thevsame plane `as the plane of theupper boundary of the highest compartment.

2. As an improved article of maufacture, a displaybox for stationerydivided into a plural number of compartments, each compartment beinglessin hei ght,measuringfrom the bottom, than the one backv of it, `iillingpieces forming the bottom-'of the compartment, and filling-pieces forthetops of the compartments of lesser height.

Y WILLIAM A. PIKE. Witnesses:

ARTHUR W. EATON, FRANK RUSSELL.

